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LBMA, IGE urged to end Iran-Turkey Gold trade

“Turkey is facing more pressure from global communities to end it’s gold-for-gas dealings with Iran. The latest to join the fray is United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI), which launched its Turkey gold campaign, and called on both the London Bullion Market Association (LBMA) and Istanbul Gold Exchange (IGE) to enact new measures to combat illicit barter agreements, where Iranian crude oil is being exchanged for Turkish gold. Specifically, UANI is calling for the LBMA to require all of its members, particularly the IGE, to certify that the recipient of their gold products is not Iran. The LBMA should revoke the membership of any member that is unable to do so.” Continue reading →

IRS: Cheapest Obamacare Plan Will Cost $20,000 per Family by 2016

“The Internal Revenue Service issued a report Wednesday in which it estimated that under Obamacare, the least expensive health insurance plan available to a family in 2016 would cost $20,000 annually according to CNSNews.com. Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act all U.S. citizens are required to have health insurance, either through their employer or by purchasing it directly from the government. Individuals who don’t have it by 2016 face a penalty amounting to either 2.5 percent of a person’s taxable income or approximately $2,000 per family, depending on their income.” Continue reading →

Report details ‘callous’ lack of sexual assault investigation by D.C. police

“Victims of sexual assault in Washington DC too often endure ‘callous and traumatising’ treatment from the police while attacks are dismissed on the spot and never investigated, according to a bombshell report. More than 40% of reviewed cases of sexual assault reported to the police by the city’s central hospital, after victims received forensic examinations, ‘appear never to have been investigated’ or even documented by the MPD, today’s report says.” Continue reading →

Four arrested during protest of nudity ban in San Francisco

“Four people were arrest during a protest of San Francisco’s nudity ban, which was passed late last year and went into effect on Feb. 1, reported the Associated Press. Two days ago, a court upheld the ban, explaining that it did not violate the First Amendment: ‘In spite of what plaintiffs argue, nudity in and of itself is not inherently expressive.’ ‘We’re not here to arrest and cite people if we don’t have to,’ police officer Albie Esparza told the AP, ‘but if we have to, we will.'” Continue reading →

Argentine ‘superhero’ facing weapons charges

“A self-styled Buenos Aires superhero who fought crime armed only with a costume, mask and pepper spray, is now himself up on weapons charges. Thanks to an alleged shootout with muggers the superhero has been charged with carrying an unlicensed gun, police said Wednesday. The man who called himself Menganno — Spanish for Joe Blow — and became famous in Argentine media is actually one Oscar Lefosse, 43, a former cop who served from 1986 to 1996. It turns out his gun license expired a year ago.” Continue reading →

Egypt protests galvanized by video of police beating naked man

“Hamada Saber, a middle-aged man, remained in a police hospital on Saturday, the morning after he was shown on television, dragged over naked tarmac and beaten by half a dozen policemen who had pulled him to an armoured vehicle near the presidential palace. Another protester was shot dead on Friday and more than 100 were injured, many seriously, after running battles between police and demonstrators who attacked the palace with petrol bombs.” Continue reading →

Colonial flags fly in Hong Kong as anger grows over Chinese rule

“Sixteen years after Hong Kong returned to Chinese rule, public discontent with Beijing is swelling and protesters have been rallying around an unexpected symbol — the British colonial flag. Tens of thousands have taken to the streets in recent months in marches against Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying, who took over from Donald Tsang last July after being elected by a 1,200-strong pro-Beijing committee. On several occasions the old blue flag, which incorporates the Union Flag, has been flown by protesters on the streets of what is becoming an increasingly divided Hong Kong, both embarrassing and infuriating Beijing.” Continue reading →

Decorated Combat Veteran Arrested: Charged With 5 Felonies For Possession of AR Magazines

“On Sunday January 6th Staff Sgt. Nathan Haddad, a decorated combat veteran, was driving through Jefferson County New York when he was randomly pulled over for a vehicle check. Haddad, who had five 30 round empty magazines in his possession, was arrested by the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department and charged with five felony counts. According to Haddad’s brother, Michael Haddad, Nathan thought these magazines were legally made before the New York Assault Weapons Ban. When Nathan Haddad was arrested the new ban had not even been fully enacted yet.” Continue reading →